BIGELOW - Bond's Watertown
Subject: John Bigelow Part 1
Source: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown,
Massachusetts, Includes Waltham and Weston - by Henry Bond, M.D. Boston, 1860.
p.29
BIGELOW. (Biglow, Biglo, Bigulah, etc).
John Bigelow, a blacksmith, of Watertown, took the oath of fidelity, 1652, and was a
Selectman 1665, 1670, 1671. He m. Oct 30, 1642, Mary Warren. This is the earliest marriage
found in the town records. She died October 19, 1691, and he m. (2) Oct 2, 1694, Sarah
Bemis. He died July 14, 1703, aged 86. Inventory 627 pounds, 12 shillings. His Will was
dated Jan 4, 1702/3m and proved July 28, 1703 [see p. 682, below.]
Children:
1. John Bigelow b. Oct 27, 1643; a housewright; settled in Hartford, Conn, prior to 1669, in
which year his land was taxed. He m. Rebecca, dau. of Jonathan Butler, of Hartford. His
Will, dated 1707, after providing for his widow (he left no children), conveyed his estate
to Jonathan Butler, and the farm has remained with the Butler family to this day. Some of
Mr. Bigelow's relatives attempted ineffectually to break this Will.
2. Jonathan Bigelow, b. Dec 11, 1646.
3. Mary Bigelow, b. Mar 18, 1648/9; m. June 3, 1674, Michael Flagg.
4. Daniel Bigelow b. Dec 1, 1650.
5. Samuel Bigelow b. Oct 28, 1653.
6. Joshua Bigelow b. Nov 5, 1655.
7. Elizabeth Bigelow b. June 15, 1657, m. Lieut. John Stearns, Jr.
8. Sarah Bigelow b. Sept 29, 1659, m. July 23, 1679, Isaac Learned of Framingham, a first
cousin of said John Stearns
9. James Bigelow (see p. 682, below)
10. Martha Bigelow b. April 1, 1662; m. John Woods. (?Obadiah Woods.).
11. Abigail Bigelow b. Feb 4, 1663/4; m. Dec 10, 1684 Benjamin Harrington.
12. Hannah Bigelow b. and died March 1665/6.
13. Son Bigelow, b. and d. December 1667.
Jonathan Bigelow settled in Hartford, Conn., about 1670 and m. 1672, Rebecca dau of John
Shepard. She d. Mar 7, 1697 and he m. (2) Mary, dau of Samuel Olcott. He died Jan 10,
1710, aged 63, and his widow married March 19, 1712, John Shepard. He and wife, Rebecca
in 1695 were members, f.c. of first church of Hartford.
Children:
1. Jonathan Bigelow b. 1673, m. Jan 11, 1699, Mabel Edwards, adm. f.c. 1695.
Children:
p.30
1. Timothy Bigelow b. June 20, 1702; was a lieutenant in his Majesty's service. He
m. Abigail Olcott, b. Jan 9, 1704. Children:
1. Hezekiah Bigelow b. Feb 9, 1728; d. 1748.
2. Timothy Bigelow b. May 22, 1730, m. Dec 18, 1757, Hannah Hyde. He died at
Charlestown, N.H. 1762 and his widow d. Aug 18, 1764. Children:
1. Mary Langrel Bigelow m. Capt. Aaron Olmstead of East Hartford
2. Hannah Bigelow m. Ward Woodbridge.
3. Abigail Bigelow b. Sept 27, 1732, m. James Caldwell.
4. Anna Bigelow b. Sept 27, 1735, m. Jonathan Olcott.
5. Martha Bigelow b. Nov 21, 1737; m. Dr. Samuel Flagg of East Hartford.
6. John Bigelow b. Nov 21, 1739. He was a Major of the 21st Regt. (Col. Ward)
of the Continental army, in 1775 and accompanied Col. Arnold in his expedition
to Canada. He m. June 30, 1771, Hannah Wardsworth. Children:
1. John Bigelow b. Mar 10, 1772; d. Jan 12, 1775.
2. James Bigelow b. June 10, 1774; m. Anne Spencer; lived many years in
Nantucket, where he died, 1848. Children:
1. Emma Charlotte Bigelow.
2. James Henry Bigelow.
3. Timothy Bigelow.
4. Caroline Bigelow.
5. Leonard Bigelow.
6. Maria Bigelow.
7. Daniel Bigelow.
7. James Bigelow b. 1741; studied medicine and surgery; spent some time in
England, at Oxford and Edinburgh, in professional studies; then settled
in Barbadoes, where he died, 1772.
2. Mabel Bigelow b. Nov 12,; baptized Nov 21, 1703.
3. Jerusha Bigelow.
4. Rebecca Bigelow, b. 1708; d. Jan 6, 1754.
5. Irene Bigelow b. 1710; bap. Nov 4, 1711; m. Daniel Marsh.
6. Jonathan Bigelow bap. June 27, 1714, d. Jan 23, 1719.
2. John Bigelow, m. Jan 11, 1710 Abigail Richards and settled in Glastenbury.
3. Mary Bigelow, m. Feb 20, 1799 John Williams.
4. Sarah Bigelow, m. Nov 4, 1709 John Bigelow her cousin and settled in Colchester, Conn.
5. Violet Bigelow, m. Sept 1, 1709, John Taylor.
6. Samuel Bigelow bap. Mar 13, 1687.
7. Abigail Bigelow bap. Nov 2, 1690.
8. Joseph Bigelow b. 1690; m. May 21, 1713, Sarah Spencer. He died 1731 aged 41.
9. Daniel Bigelow, b. 1692; d. May 14, 1733 aged 41.
10. Samuel Bigelow, b. 1694; a physician of Middletown, who acquired a large estate,
and died 1748, aged 54. [Samuel Bigelow, of Southampton, L.I., a ship builder,
for 51 pounds on Sept 3, 1728, purchased of Theophilus and Israel Howell, of So.
Hampton, 175 acres on the east side of the Connecticut River, then in Middletown
now in Portland, which their father had of John Kirby.] Samuel (3)
Children:
1. Timothy Bigelow
2. Isaac Bigelow
3. Samuel Bigelow
4. Abigail Bigelow
5. Mary Bigelow.
It was probably this Timothy Bigelow who m. Sept 13, 1753, Elizabeth Clark of
Milford, Conn. and had the following children:
1. Timothy Halsey Bigelow b. Jan 26, 1755; d. Sept 17, 1762.
2. Samuel Bigelow b. Oct 15, died Oct 18, 1757.
3. Elizabeth Bigelow b. July 13, 1759.
4. Timothy Bigelow b. May 14, 1763.
5. Sarah Bigelow b. April 6, 1766.
6. Samuel Bigelow b. Jan 7, 1768.
Daniel Bigelow, a tailor, m. Abial, dau of Thomas Pratt, Sr. of Framingham where he
settled after a short residence at Sherbourne. His estate was administered by his
widow, 1715 [See Barry.]
Children:
1. Abigail Bigelow b. in Sherburne, Oct 28, 1689; m. Mar 8, 1727, Abraham Belknap, a
tailor of Framingham and had:
1. Samuel Belknap b. Mar 17, 1728.
2. Abigail Belknap b. Sept 25, 1729.
2. Daniel Bigelow b. Nov 24, 1691.
p.31
3. Abial Bigelow b. Jan 20, 1693, m. Oct 17, 1716 Jonathan Stone of Framingham, by whom
she had four children. He died and she m. (2) June 15, 1743, Samuel Walker of Natick.
4. Susanna Bigelow b. Mar 4, 1695/6; m. June 9, 1715, Stephen Jennings of Framingham,
and had six children [See Barry].
5. Ephraim Bigelow b. May 12, 1698; d. Oct 18, 1756; m. 1729, Lydia Johnson who d.
Feb. 5, 1770. He settled in Holliston. Children:
1. Joseph Bigelow b. 1730; m. 1756 Lydia Brown.
2. Abial Bigelow b. 1732.
3. Lydia Bigelow b. 1737.
4. Deborah Bigelow b. 1742.
5. Asaph Bigelow b. 1746; d. 1823, a lieutenant of Framingham, m. Martha Gleason
who d. 1830. Children:
1. Deborah Bigelow b. Feb 4, 1778; m. Seth Herring.
2. Polly Bigelow b. June 8, 1781.
3. Sally Bigelow b. 1786; d. abt 1813; m. Simon Baker.
6. Lydia Bigelow b. Jan 2, 1702, m. Sept 1731, Martin Pratt.
p.682
John Bigelow, Senr. was born in 1617, according to his age, given as a witness in Court. His
Will, dated January 4, 1702, 3, mentions his wife (not named); sons John ("the eldest"),
Jonathan, Daniel, Samuel, Joshua; daughters Mary Flagg, Elizabeth Sternes; children of
dau. Sarah Larned, daughters Abigail Harrington and Martha Woods. Son Joshua and son-in-law
Isaac Larned, executors. Capt. Benjamin Garfield, overseer.
The Inventory of his real estate, dated July 16, 1703. House and about 13 acres of land,
160 pounds; 20 acre Dividend land 15 pounds; 6 acres of meadow, east of Beaver Brook, 20
pounds; 5 acres at Four Mile Brook, 10 pounds; part of estate left by the widow's father,
Bemis, to his daughter Sarah, relict of the deceased, not really known.
The administrator's account mentions payment of legacies to children of John Stearns and
children of Obadiah Wood. Also a charge of two shillings for a man and horse to notify
John Stearns at Billerica, to attend the funeral. Also 3 shillings for a man and horse to
Sherburne to notify Isaac Larned and wife to attend the funeral.
As there is no reference to a son James, or his family in the father's Will, it might raise
a doubt whether John had such a son; but the record of his marriage, by Reverand Mr. Bailey,
must remove all doubt. "Upon the 25 March, 1687, at my own house in Watertown, I married
James Begalow, the son of John Begalow, and Patience Brown, the daughter of Jona. Brown,
with their parents full consent, being legally published." etc.
For information concerning Major John Bigelow, see note in Hinman, p.211. He did not belong
to the expedition to Canada in 1775, under Arnold. It was Major Timothy Bigelow who belonged
to that expedition.
Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth
Subject: John Bigelow Part 2
Source: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown,
Massachusetts, Includes Waltham and Weston - by Henry Bond, M.D. Boston, 1860.
Note: f.c. means admitted full communion.
p.31
Samuel Bigelow of Watertown, admitted freeman April 16, 1690, Representative 1708; 1709 &
1710; m. June 3, 1674 Mary Flagg. She died Sept 7, 1720. His Will, dated Sept. 30, 1720,
proved 1731/2, mentions his son-in-law, Thomas Read. He was admitted f.c. March 4, 1687/8.
He was an Innholder, 1702 to 1716. Children:
1. John Bigelow b. May 9, 1675.
2. Mary Bigelow b. Sept 12, 1677; m. Jan 26, 1699-1700, David Bruce of Marlboro.
3. Samuel Bigelow b. Sept 18, 1677.
4. Sarah Bigelow b. Oct 1, 1681; m. Josiah How, Jr. of Marlboro, b. 1678.
5. Thomas Bigelow b. Oct 24, 1683.
6. Martha Bigelow b. April 4, 1686.
7. Abigail Bigelow b. May 7, 1687; m. Aug 17, 1710, Jonathan Cutler.
8. Hannah Bigelow m. May 24, 1711, Daniel Warren. Three children.
9. Isaac Bigelow b. Mar 19, 1689/90; m. Dec 29, 1709, Mary Bond.
They moved to Colchester, Conn., and were both living there Oct. 1737. Children:
1. Mary Bigelow b. in Colchester, July 23, 1711.
2. Isaac Bigelow b. May 1, 1713.
3. Mercy Bigelow b. Feb 1, 1715.
4. Marthy Bigelow b. July 31, 1719.
5. Hannah Bigelow b. Oct 2, 1721.
6. Abigail Bigelow b. April 13, 1723.
7. Samuel Bigelow b. Dec 21, 1724.
8. Sarah Bigelow b. June 27, 1737, died aged 3 mos.
9. Lydia Bigelow b. April 22, 1729.
10. Deliverance Bigelow b. Sept. 22, 1695; m. Aug 10, 1715, John Stearns of
Lexington, afterwards known as Capt. John Stearns of Worcester.
Joshua Bigelow of Watertown, m. Oct. 20, 1676, Elizabeth Flagg. She died Aug 9, 1729.
He was wounded in King Philip's War and received therefor a grant of land in Worcester.
He removed to Westminster, Mass., in June, 1742, where he died Feb. 21, 1745 aged 90.
Children:
1. Joshua Bigelow b. Nov. 25, 1677.
2. Jonathan Bigelow b. Mar 22, 1679/80.
3. John Bigelow b. Dec 20, 1681; m. Nov. 4, 1709, Sarah Bigelow and settled in
Colchester, Conn. Children:
1. John Bigelow of Colchester m. Oct 22, 1736, Anna Bate. She d. Sept.
22, 1737, and he m. (2) Feb 2, 1738 Sarah Bate. Children:
1. John Bigelow b. Sept 2, 1737, m. July 10, 1759 Hannah Douglas.
Children:
1. Oliver Bigelow b. Dec 23, 1759.
2. Elihu Bigelow b. Feb 4, 1761.
3. Dimmis Bigelow b. July 16, 1762.
4. Ithamar Bigelow b. Jan 18, 1764; d. Oct 5, 1775.
5. Lydia Bigelow b. Mar 22, 1766; d. Sept 16, 1775.
6. Samuel Bigelow b. Oct 16, 1769; d. Sept 9, 1775.
7. Hannah Bigelow b. Oct 22, 1771.
8. Asa Bigelow b. Feb. 2nd, died Sept 17, 1775.
2. Anna Bigelow b. Nov 13, 1738.
3. Ephraim Bigelow b. Aug 21, 1741.
4. Lydia Bigelow b. Aug 31, 1743.
5. Hannah Bigelow b. Oct 31, 1747.
6. Sarah Bigelow b. Oct. 10, 1750.
4. Benjamin Bigelow b. Jan 20, 1683/4, was wounded in the public service previous to
1708 and he died Oct 27, 1709, of a fall from a horse.
5. Mercy Bigelow b. 1686; m. Jan 25, 1706, Lieut. Thomas Garfield.
6. Elizabeth Bigelow b. Aug 3, 1687; m. Feb 28, 1723/4, Jonathan Harrington.
by whom she had one child, Elizabeth Harrington.
7. David Bigelow b. April 30, 1694, died in Spain.
8. Joseph Bigelow b. Dec 29, 1695.
9. Daniel Bigelow b. Aug. 29, 1697.
p.32
gives child no. 9 again. (?)
9. Ebenezer Bigelow b. Sept 4, 1698 at Worcester, in 1722 was a carpenter, and died in
Cuba. By his wife, Hannah, he had, 1. Josiah Bigelow b. 1722; 2. Hannah Bigelow b.
1724.
10. Gershom Bigelow b. Sept 1701.
11. Eliezer Bigelow b. Mar 14, 1704/5.
James Bigelow, of Watertown, m. Mar 5, 1687, Patience Brown. She died soon leaving one
child, James Bigelow. He m. (2d) July 3, 1693, Elizabeth Child. She d. April 20, 1707
and he m. (3d) June 15, 1708, Joanna Erixson of Boston. He was fined, Nov. 3, 1685, for
"insulting Lt. Governor Stoughton and Dudley." He died Jan 20, 1727/8. She m. Jan. 8,
1728/9, Adam Smith of Boston.
Children:
1. James Bigelow bap. May 6, 1668; by wife, Mercy, had a dau. Patience Bigelow b. June 8,
1717 and he died at Casco Bay Aug 9, 1718.
2. John Bigelow died Nov 15, 1694.
3. Patience Bigelow b. Sept 30, 1695; m. Samuel Wood of Groton.
4. Abraham Bigelow b. Nov 12, 1699; died in Cambridge, 1720, unm.
Jonathan Bigelow of Watertown Farms (Weston), m. June 7, 1702, Elizabeth Bemis. He d. 1745.
Children:
1. Jonathan Bigelow b. Jan 11, 1707, of Westminster, m. June 14, 1730, Mary Snow of
Lancaster.
2. Benjamin Bigelow b. Dec 3, 1709.
3. Elizabeth Bigelow bap. Aug 16, 1713; m. April 2, 1741, Daniel Smith.
4. Sarah Bigelow b. July 26, 1719; died Nov 22, 1739.
5. James Bigelow b. May 17, 1722.
Daniel Bigelow of Framingham, m. June 27, 1723, Rebeckah Eames who died July 7, 1738 and
he m. (2) July 17, 1746, Prudence Stone. The inventory of his estate was presented in 1752.
Children:
1. Rebeckah Bigelow bap. May 15, 1726; d. July 3, 1729.
2. Daniel Bigelow bap. Oct 29, 1727; d. Mar 30, 1730.
3. Joseph Bigelow b. Oct 28, 1729; d. May 18, 1730.
4. Daniel Bigelow b. July 16, 1732; died about 1793; m. Mar. 20, 1754, Martha Pratt,
b. Dec 15, 1728, dau of Daniel & Elizabeth (Rice) Pratt. Children:
1. Amos Bigelow b. Sept 15, 1755; m. Anne Brown & lived in N. H.
2. Daniel Bigelow b. June 14, 1758; m. March, 1783, Elizabeth Gallot and had:
1. Molly Bigelow bap May 1784.
2. Joseph Bigelow bap. Oct. 1786.
3. Francis Bigelow bap. Dec. 1788.
4. Peter Bigelow bap. April 1791.
5. Betsey Bigelow, bap. Nov 1794.
The father moved to N. H. about 1800.
3. Rebeckah Bigelow b. Oct 14, 1760; unm.
4. Mitty Bigelow b. Dec 6, 1762.
5. Martha Bigelow b. Aug 27, 1765.
6. Thomas Bigelow b. April 28, 1768.
7. Anna Bigelow b. June 26, 1771.
5. Rebeckah Bigelow b. May 10, 1734; died July 26, 1734.
6. Ann Bigelow died June 29, 1738.
John Bigelow married June 12, 1696, Jerusha Garfield and settled in Marlboro. In 1705
he was taken captive by the Indians at Lancaster and carried to Canada.
Children:
1. Jerusha Bigelow b. 1697.
2. Thankful Bigelow b. 1699 m. John How.
3. Joseph Bigelow b. 1703
4. John Bigelow b. 1704; m. Rebecca How and was one of the 1st settlers and a "principal
inhabitant of Holden." See History of Holden, p. 31, 19, etc.
5. Comfort Bigelow b. 1707; m. 1728, Joseph Brigham.
6. Freedom Bigelow b. 1710; m. John Bowker.
7. Ann Bigelow b. 1712.
8. Gershom Bigelow b. 1714; of Marlboro; by wife, Mary had:
1. Timothy Bigelow
2. Ivory Bigelow
9. Jotham Bigelow went to Guilford, Conn.
10. Benjamin Bigelow b. 1720; m. 1744, Levinah Thomas and lived in Hartford.
11. Sarah Bigelow b. 1724; m. 1745, John Langdon.
To be continued Part 3 - Samuel Bigelow & Ruth Warren - Marlboro.
Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth
Subject: John Bigelow Part 3
Source: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown,
Massachusetts, Includes Waltham and Weston - by Henry Bond, M.D. Boston, 1860.
p.32
Samuel Bigelow m. 1705, Ruth Warren and settled at Marlboro. She died April 1716 and he
m. (2) Dec 4, 1716, Mary Gleason of Sudbury. His estate settled 1734.
Children:
p.33
1. Mary Bigelow b. 1705.
2. Samuel Bigelow b. 1707; father of Silas Bigelow; Harvard College 1765; ordained in Paxton
1767.
3. Cornelius Bigelow b. 1710; died in Brookfield; married Mary ____.
4. Jedediah Bigelow b.1714; m. 1737, in Framingham, Thamezin Hemenway, and lived in Grafton.
5. Ruth Bigelow, b. and died 1716.
6. Jason Bigelow, b. 1718; m. 1748, Abigail Will or Witt. Died in Brookfield.
7. Ruth Bigelow b. 1719.
8. Amariah Bigelow b. 1722.
9. Martha Bigelow b. 1724.
Lieut. Thomas Bigelow m. July 12, 1705, Mary Livermore and settled at Marlboro. He died in
Waltham, Oct 6, 1756. His Will proved next November 15. His wife died August 14, 1753. He
was selectman of Waltham, 1738, 1740, & 1741. Representative 1738 and 1741.
Children:
1. Thomas Bigelow b. 1706; by wife Elizabeth had Thomas and other children.
2. Mary Bigelow b. 1707; m. in Watertown, Oct. 15, 1730 Josiah Goddard of Newton.
3. Grace Bigelow b. 1709; m. in Watertown Jan 1, 1729/30, Joseph Hagar.
4. Uriah Bigelow b. 1711; killed accidentally Oct 6, 1734.
5. Abraham Bigelow b. 1713.
6. Isaac Bigelow b. 1715; d. Sept 6, 1736.
7. Jacob Bigelow b. 1717.
8. Sarah Bigelow b. May 15, 1720; m. 1744, Elisha Livermore of Waltham.
9. Josiah Bigelow b. July 3, 1730.
Joshua Bigelow m. October 17, 1701, Hannah Fiske and settled in Watertown Farms (Weston).
He died May 9, 1728 and his widow administered. Inventory 1012 pounds.
Children:
1. Joshua Bigelow b. Feb 5, 1701/2.
2. Hannah Bigelow b. Mar 6, 1703/4; admitted to the church 1725; m. ____Cheney, and
dismissed to Mendon July 17, 1737.
3. Nathaniel Bigelow b. Jan 17, 1706/7.
4. Lydia Bigelow b. Mar 8, 1708/9; m. Feb 7, 1733/4, Isaac Parkhurst.
5. Elizabeth Bigelow b. Dec 2, 1711; m. Nov. 30, 1735, David Wilson of Lancaster.
6. John Bigelow b. June 24, 1715.
7. Abigail Bigelow b. Oct 7, 1719.
8. Mary Bigelow b. Mar 18, 1721/2.
Daniel Bigelow moved to Boggachoag, now Ward, in Worcester, and m. Elizabeth Whitney. He
died aged 92 years.
Children:
1. Daniel Bigelow b. Jan 4, 1728/9; d. Aug 29, 1776 aged 48; m. 1751 Mary Bond.
Children:
1. Daniel Bigelow b. April 14, 1752; grad Harvard College 1775; died 1806;
a lawyer and senator of Petersham.
2. Mary Bigelow.
3. Hannah Bigelow.
4. Elijah Bigelow.
He married (2) the widow Mary Ballard and had:
5. Sophia Bigelow.
6. Augustus Bigelow.
2. David Bigelow b. Sept 19, 1730; m. 1752, Sarah Eaton and he m. (2) 1764 Deborah Howard.
He was an ardent Whig; was member of the Revolutionary Committees, and delegate to each
of the Conventions, at Concord, Cambridge, Boston, and within the county, in which the
town was represented from 1774 to 1789. He died May 1810 aged 80. He was father of
Tyler Bigelow; grad. Harvard College 1801, studied law and settled first at Leominster,
and in 1804, he settled in Watertown. He m. his cousin, Clara Bigelow. (see also
Lincoln's Worcester).
3. Elijah Bigelow b. Mar 2, 1737; scalded, aged 3 years.
4. Timothy Bigelow b. Aug 2, 1739; (see Lincoln's History of Worcester, p. 279, etc.)
5. Silence Bigelow b. Jan 29, 1742; m. Jonathan Gleason of Worcester.
6. Nathan Bigelow died aged ___ years.
Gershom Bigelow, m. June 25, 1724, Rachel Gale.
p.34
After the birth of four children, he moved to Sutton, to the church of which his wife was
dismissed, Oct. 5, 1733. She died in Ward, 1800.
Children:
1. Susanna Bigelow b. Oct 24, 1724.
2. Jabez Bigelow b. Oct 4, 1726.
3. Joshua Bigelow b. Dec 19, 1728.
4. Eunice Bigelow b. Feb 9, 1730/1.
Eliezer Bigelow, of Watertown, m. Nov. 24, 1724, Mary Fiske, probably a dau of William and
Hannah (Smith) Fiske, of Watertown. [This marriage is recorded in the Weston Town Records,
with this difference, that it is there, "Mary Smith." Perhaps she resided with, or was
adopted by some of her mother's relations in Weston, and was there known as a Smith. She
was admitted, 1723/4, from the Watertown to the Weston church, as "Mary Fiske, alias, Smith"
He died in Westminster, Feb 24, 1762 aged 56. Will dated April 30, 1758; son Joshua
executor and residuary legatee.
Children:
1. Benjamin Bigelow b. Oct 13, 1726; of Portsmouth.
2. Elisha Bigelow b. Jan 11, 1727/8; m. 1757, Sarah Goodridge.
3. Mary Bigelow b. Sept 13, 1730.
4. Joshua Bigelow b. April 12, 1733; moved to Genessee.
5. Jabez Bigelow b. Dec 19, 1736.
6. Ann Bigelow b. May 30, 1740.
7. Esther Bigelow b. Mar 22, 1743/4.
Benjamin Bigelow of Weston m. Feb. 1, 1734, Mindwell Coolidge. She died in childbed,
Feb 1, 1734/5 and he m. (2) Oct 16, 1735, Love Wood.
Children:
1. Benjamin Bigelow b. Jan 25th died Jan 28, 1734/5.
2. Mindwell Bigelow b. July 10, 1736; d. Nov 1739.
3. Benjamin Bigelow b. De. 23, 1737; d. Oct., 1739.
4. Mary Bigelow b. May 31, died Oct. 1739.
5. Solomon Bigelow b. Sept 23, 1741.
6. Sarah Bigelow, a twin, bap. __7, 1743; the other twin died soon after birth.
Capt. Joseph Bigelow of Shrewsbury, m. Feb. 22, 1725, Martha dau of Gershom Brigham,
of Marlboro. He was a selectman, 1748 and probably died that year, as his widow m.
Dec 14, 1749, Ezekiel Brigham of Marlboro.
Children:
1. Joseph Bigelow b. Nov 9, 1726.
2. Martha Bigelow b. Mar 10, 1728, died in infancy.
3. Charles Bigelow b. April 22, 1729.
4. Martha Bigelow b. Mar 10, 1733; d. July 13, 1742.
5. Stephen Bigelow b. Jan 10, 1735; died 1756.
6. Anna Bigelow b. Jan 14, 1737; m. Oct. 26, 1757, Samuel Hastings.
7. Mehitable Bigelow, b. Sept 14, 1739, d. 1746.
8. Solomon Bigelow b. Oct 13, 1746; m. April 6, 1769, Mary Demman.
9. Mary Bigelow b. Sept 18, 1748; m. June 2, 1768, Isaac Moor of Bolton.
Ebenezer Bigelow of Weston, m. May 24, 1720, Hannah Brown, b. Oct 5, 1699, dau of
Capt. Abraham and Mary (Hyde) Brown. She died Nov 3, 1775.
Children:
1. Ebenezer Bigelow b. Jan 23, 1720/1.
2. Josiah Bigelow bap. Aug 26, 1722 in Worcester; died young.
3. Ebenezer Bigelow bap 1724 in Worcester.
4. Moses Bigelow bap. in Weston, May 3, 1730.
5. Hopestill Bigelow bap. June 6, 1731.
6. Silane Bigelow bap. Sept 3, 1732.
7. Joshua Bigelow bap. April 15, 1733.
8. Abraham Bigelow bap. May 26, 1734.
9. Elijah Bigelow bap. May 26, 1734.
10. Josiah Bigelow bap. June 13, 1736.
11. Samuel Bigelow bap. May 28, 1738; m. May 30, 1776, Mary Harrington of Waltham.
12. Benoni Bigelow b. Oct 21, 1740.
To be continue Part 4 - Abraham Bigelow of Weston & Abigail Bullard - p.35
Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth
Subject: John Bigelow Part 4
Source: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown,
Massachusetts, Includes Waltham and Weston - by Henry Bond, M.D. Boston, 1860.
p.35
Abraham Bigelow of Weston, m. Jan 2, 1735/6, Abigial Bullard b. July 28, 1711, dau of
Jona. and Ann Bullard. She died May 23, 1751; and he m. (2) Oct 24, 1751 Anna Fiske.
Children:
1. Isaac Bigelow b. Nov 30, 1736; d. Jan 1, 1748/9.
2. Joseph Bigelow b. Sept 30, 1738; d. Dec 20, 1748.
3. Abigail Bigelow b. Oct 1, 1740; d. Jan 7, 1748/9.
4. Abraham Bigelow b. Feb 26, 1742/3; d. July 1753.
5. Jesse Bigelow b. March, died July, 1746.
6. Jesse Bigelow 2d b. June 30, 1747; d. Jan 12, 1748.
7. Isaac Bigelow b. May 2, 1750; grad. Harvard College 1769; a preacher; d. May 2, 1777.
8. Abigail Bigelow (by 2nd wife, Anna Fiske), b. Aug 10, 1752; m. (?); Oct. 31, 1771, Rev.
Thomas Prentice of Medfield.
9. Anna Bigelow b. Nov 4, 1754; m. Oct 30, 1773, Rev. Thomas Haven of Reading.
10. Abraham Bigelow b. June 13, 1758; died young.
11. Amos Bigelow b. Sept 30, 1760; m. June 9, 1783, Lucy Savage and had: 1. Anna Bigelow.
2. Amos Bigelow.
12. Abraham Bigelow, b. Sept 18, 1762; grad. Harvard College, 1782; m. May 22, 1785, Hep-
zibah Jones and settled in Cambridge.
13. John Bigelow b. April 14, 1765; m. Oct 14, 1783 Lydia Spreig.
14. Samuel Bigelow b. Sept. 4, 1773.
Jacob Bigelow of Waltham, m. Dec 14, 1738 Susannah Mead. He was a selectman 1757, 1762,
and 1767.
Children:
1. Mary Bigelow b. Dec 9, 1739; m. May 15, 1760, Capt. Samuel Stearns of Waltham.
2. Jacob Bigelow b. Feb 19, 1742/3; grad. Harvard College 1766; ordained in Sudbury
Nov. 11, 1772; died Sept 12, 1816; m. Elizabeth ____, who died Sept. 12, 1816 aged
70 years.
Children:
1. Elizabeth Bigelow m. Aschel Wheeler; had 3 daughters, one of whom, Emily W.
Wheeler m. A. Lovejoy and all d. s. p.
2. Henry Bigelow b. 1785; merchant of Boston; afterwards of Baltimore; m. Jan
13, 1812, Sophia, dau of Joseph Field of Boston. He died in Baltimore 1814,
leaving an only child:
1. Ellen Bigelow b. Nov 11,1814; m. Dec 4, 1832. J. D. W. Williams.
Children:
1. Ellen Williams b. April 26, 1835.
2. Elizabeth Williams b. Jan 19, 1837.
3. Fanny Williams b. Jan 12, 1840.
4. Henry Williams b. Feb 4, 1844.
3. Jacob Bigelow b. 1787; grad. Harvard College 1806; M.D. Univ. Penn. 1810;
Professor in Harvard Univ., President of the American Academy and the Mass.
Medical Society, and member of the American Phil. Society; author of
Technology and other works. He m. 1817, Mary Scollay of Boston.
Children:
1. Henry Jacob Bigelow grad. Harvard Univ. 1837; M.D. 1841; M.M.S. and
A. A. S., Professor Surgery, Harvard; m. Susan Sturgis and resided
in Boston.
2. William Bigelow died young.
3. Mary Bigelow.
4. Catherine Bigelow m. June 1850, Francis Parkman.
5. James Bigelow died aged 7 years.
3. Susanna Bigelow b. Feb 2, 1744/5; died May 1, 1807; m. Dec 13, 1770, Rev. Elijah Brown
of Sherburne.
4. Hannah Bigelow b. May 27, 1747; died Sept 22, 1756.
5. Lydia Bigelow b. June 28, 1749; died Jan 29, 1756.
6. Thomas Bigelow b. Nov 26, 1751; settled in Providence, R.I.; m. Elizabeth Wales.
He died early of a casualty, leaving one child, Susanna Bigelow b. Sept 9, 1775, who
m. July 4, 1796, Samuel Stimson of Boston or Newton, and d. Sept. 3, 1810 leaving one
son, Caleb Morton Stimson. Elizabeth (Wales) Bigelow, widow of Thomas Bigelow m. in
Waltham, Oct 29, 1778, Joseph Field of Boston.
7. Samuel Bigelow b. April 9, 1754; m. May 13, 1776, Mary Harrington.
Children:
1. Thomas Bigelow b. Mar 15, 1772.
2. Samuel Bigelow.
He married (2) Jan. 1790, Betty, dau of Daniel Sanger of Framingham.
Children: Lendall, Charles, Mary, Susan, Amos and Nancy. He and wife were dismissed
to the church in Barre, Feb 7, 1796.
8. Abijah Bigelow b. April 16, 1756; m. Nov 30, 1780, Mercy Amelia Spring. His first seven
children were born in Waltham and the next 4 children in New Braintree, where he moved
in Feb. 1796 and the 12th in Barre, where he moved April 1808. In 1817 or 1818 he moved
to Leicester, subsequently resided a short time in Brookly, Conn., and in the summer of
1836 went to "Bigelow's Mills," Leporte Co., Iowa, where his wife died Aug 20, 1846.
In March 1848, he moved to Michigan City, Iowa where he died Oct 22, 1848 aged 92 yrs. &
6 months. Children:
p.36
1. Nabby Bigelow died April 7, 1802, unm.
2. Sally Bigelow b. July 6, 1783; died in Petersham Jan 7, 1826; m. Nov. 1806 Rev.
Luther Willson of New Braintree; grad. Will. Coll., 1809, a Preceptor of Leicester
Academy; pastor of a church in Brooklyn, Conn., and subsequently in Petersham, Mass.
Children:
1. Martha Willson b. 1807, now, (1850), widow of Aaron Brooks of Petersham.
2. William Cowper Willson b. 1809 now of Worcester; unm.
3. George C. Willson b. in Leicester, 1811; of Rock River, Illinois, unm.
4. Sarah Willson born and died in Brooklyn, Conn.
5. Joseph Willson b. in Brooklyn, now of Keene, N.H.
6. Zebiah N. Willson, b. in Brooklyn; m. Rev. J. L. Partridge; grad.
Williams College; an editor of the Pilgrim Recorder, residing in
Auburndale, near Boston.
7. Edmund Burke Willson b. 1822; pastor of a church in Grafton, Mass.
3. Marshall Spring Bigelow b. Jan 20, 1785; died in Leicester, April 1847; m. May
1811 Olive Sparhawk an orphan in Barre. She died early, leaving two daughters
and he m. (2) Lucinda Caldwell of Barre. Children:
1. Frances Maria Bigelow m. Foster Marshall of Montreal and died in Indiana,
leaving 3 children: 1. Amelia Marshall. 2. Maria Marshall. 3. Henry
Marshall.
2. Olive Sparhawk Bigelow m. Norton Corse of Montreal. Children:
1. Fanny Corse. 2. Sarah Corse. 3. Louisa Corse. 4. Henry Corse.
3. George Center Bigelow of California.
4. Sarah Bigelow died in Montreal.
4. Zebiah Bigelow b. Oct 15, 1787; m. May 4, 1812, John Nelson, b. in Hopkinton,
Mass., May 9, 1786; grad. Williams College 1807; D.D. Williams College, 1843;
ordained and settled in Leicester, Mar 4, 1812. He is a son of Deacon John
and Betsy (Brown) Nelson, formerly of Mildord, Mass. s.p.
5. Jacob Bigelow b. Aug. 26, 1790; merchant's clerk in Boston until 1810, when he
settled in Montreal; was in Europe 1831-2; settled in Michigan City 1834, and in
1843 moved to Washington City where he resides. He m. Oct. 31, 1820, Eliza
Southgate, b. in Leicester, Mass. April 20, 1795; died in Michigan City, Aug.
9, 1839; youngest daughter of Capt. John and Eleanor (Sargent) Southgate of L.
Children:
1. George Frederick Bigelow b. in Montreal Sept 4, 1821; grad. Williams
College, 1843; M.D. Jeff. Med. Coll., 1846 and same year settled in
Boston.
2. Joseph Sanford Bigelow b. Aug 31, 1823; d. of cholera in Montreal,
Aug 9, 1832.
6. Abijah Bigelow, b. Aug 16, 1792; some time a merchant in Montreal, afterwards of
Laporte, Iowa and now (1850) of Cinncinnati; m. May 13, 1824, Susan Maria, b.
Feb. 27, 1800, dau of Dr. Elisha Phelps, of Windsor, Vt. She died in Montreal,
Nov. 15, 1830 leaving 2 children. He m. (2) Jan 30, 1834, Rebecca Edwards Ogden,
dau of Governeur Ogden of Ogdensburg, N.Y. Abijah (6) Bigelow
Five children.
1. Martha Amelia Bigelow b. April 6, 1825; died in Laporte, Jan 16, 1846.
2. Edward Bigelow b. in Montreal Aug 15, 1826; a lawyer, now in California.
3. William Henry Bigelow b. in Montreal May 18, 1835.
4. Charlotte Maria Bigelow b. at Bigelow's Mills, Iowa, Dec. 27, 1836.
5. Rebecca Gertrude Bigelow b. Sept 27, 1838.
6. Sarah Ogden Bigelow b. May 30, 1841.
7. John G. Ogden Bigelow b. May 15, 1844.
7. Mercy Amelia Bigelow b. Oct 4, 1794; m. May 12, 1823, Horace Dickinson, b.
Nov. 17, 1780, son of General Lemuel Dickinson, formerly of Hatfield, Mass.,
afterwards of New York. He was largely engaged in steamboats, stages, and
mail contracts in Canada. He died of cholera in Montreal 1832. His widow
now (1850) resides in Brooklyn, New York.
Children all born in Montrea:
1. Horace Dickinson b. Jan 27, 1824; a merchant in N.Y.
2. Edward S. Dickinson b. Sept 20, 1825; a civil engineer in Virginia.
3. Sarah Spring Dickinson b. July 29, 1827; died Mar 4, 1829.
4. Charles P. Dickinson b. Mar 8, 1829; merchant's clerk, N.Y.
5. Ellen Maria Dickinson, b. Dec 31, 1830, m. Oct 1, 1850, William E.
Doubleday, a merchant in New York.
8. Lucy Bigelow b. April 11, 1797; m. Aug 19, 1822, Herbert Williams of Brooklyn
Conn.; b. May 27, 1795; son of Roger Wolcott Williams & wife, Polly (Scarborough)
Williams, and grandson of Roger Wolcott, formerly Governor of Conn.
p.37
In 1836 they moved from Brooklyn, Conn., to Laporte Co., Iowa and now (1850)
reside in Michigan City, Iowa.
Children:
1. Wolcott Bigelow Williams b. Aug 13, 1823; grad. Ob. College, 1850.
2. Amelia Sumner Williams b. Mar 23; d. Mar 29, 1826.
3. Amelia Sumner Williams (again) b. June 29, 1829.
4. Lucy Maria Williams b. Dec 25, 1831; d. July 31, 1832.
5. Ellen Dickinson Williams b. Oct 5, 1837.
9. Increase S. Bigelow b. May 25, 1800; d. Sept 11, 1804.
10. Nabby Bigelow b. Aug 18, 1802; d. Oct 11, 1816.
11. Increase Sumner Bigelow b. Sept 21, 1805; lived in Montreal (connected in
business with H. Dickinson, until 1836, when he moved to Indiana, now is a
Justice of the Peace. He m. Nov 27, 1837, Hannah P. Bell b. Aug 4, 1815,
dau of David & Roby Bell. Children:
1. Sarah Ellen Bigelow b. Sept 4, 1838; d. Sept. 21, 1832.
2. Alfred Castleman Bigelow b.Aug 12, d. Aug 13, 1839.
3. Herbert Sumner Bigelow b. July 14, 1842; d. Jan 19, 1844.
4. Mary Frances Bigelow b. Dec 1, 1844.
5. Herbert Nelson Bigelow b. July 1, 1846.
6. Helen Louisa Bigelow b. Dec 27, 1848.
9. Sarah Bigelow b. April 12, 1758; m. April 12, 1781, William Cushing.
10. Abigail Bigelow b. July 31, 1760; m. Nov 25, 1779, Gershom Flagg of Lancaster, and had
children. She afterwards m. Rev. Elijah Brown, of Sherburne, widower of her sister
Susanna. (see child 3, above)
11. Rhoda Bigelow bap. May 29, 1763; died Mar 28, 1787, unm.
To be continued Part 5.
Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth
Subject: John Bigelow Part 5
Source: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown,
Massachusetts, Includes Waltham and Weston - by Henry Bond, M.D. Boston, 1860.
p.37
Josiah Bigelow of Waltham and afterwards of Weston; m. July 27, 1749, Mary Harrington.
Children:
1. William Bigelow b. Oct 11, 1749; m. in Weston, Dec 3, 1772, Hepzibah Russell.
Children:
1. William Bigelow b. Sept 21, 1773; grad. Harvard College, 1794; d. 1844;
Master of the Boston Latin School, afterwards teacher in Belfast, ME;
afterwards a proof-reader in Cambridge and spent his last years in Boston,
where he died and was buried in South Natick [See Buckingham's Specimens of
Newspaper Literature.]
2. Mary Bigelow, b. Aug. 16, 1775.
3. Isaac Bigelow, b. Oct 2, 1777.
After this he moved to South Natick.
2. Anna Bigelow b. Aug 23, 1751; m. Aug 19, 1784, Mr. Thomas Hubbard of Boston.
3. Uriah Bigelow b. Nov 30, 1753; died young.
4. Converse Bigelow b. Jan 20, 17__*; m. 1798, Anna Parks. [* Bond has b. 1775 (?)]
5. Eunice Bigelow bap. Oct 17, 1756.
6. Alpheuse Bigelow bap Dec 4, 1757.
7. Mary Bigelow bap. May 4, 1760.
8. Uriah Bigelow b. in Weston, Mar 15, 1766; a physician in Bohlston [?] m. June 18,
1789, Susan Gregory of Weston.
9. Thomas Bigelow b. Aug 11, 1768 (?); m. 1791, Miriam Hagar and settled in Weston.
Children:
1. Isaac Bigelow b. Mar 19, 1802.
2. Charles Bigelow b. July 6, 1804, by wife Rebecca had:
1. Abigail b. May 22, 1828.
2. Charlotte Maria b. Mar 18, 1830.
3. Marshall Bigelow b. July 8, 1807.
10. Sarah Bigelow b. July 31, 1771; m. July 8, 1790, Hezekiah Moss of Sherburne.
Joshua Bigelow of Weston, m. June 22, 1725, Lydia Hastings. Author's note: "I suppose
him to have been the Joshua Bigelow of Worcester, who was there Selectman, 1747, 1767,
to 1773, 1775, and 1778; and Representative 1768-1774. [see Lincoln's History of
Worcester.] His children were all born in Weston:
1. William Bigelow b. April 10, 1727; m. Nov. 29, 1753, Mary Gates, and lived in Athol.
2. Thaddeus Bigelow b. Sept 26, 1728, of Worcester; m. Mar. 28, 1754, Rebecca Warren.
3. Jerusha Bigelow b. June 22, 1730.
4. David Bigelow b. Mar 6, 1731/2 (?).
5. Lydia Bigelow b. Mar 13, 1733/4.
6. Esther Bigelow b. Feb 23, 1735/6.
7. Asa Bigelow b. 1738; of Brookfield.
8. Anna Bigelow b. Mar 25, 1740 (?) m. Jan 3, 1771, Nathan Hagar.
9. (?) Samuel Bigelow.
p.38
Nathaniel Bigelow, of Weston, m. Nov 22, 1733, Hannah Robinson of Newton. About 1766 he
moved to Framingham, and there m. Mary, widow of Nathaniel Stacey.
Children:
1. Hannah Bigelow b. Nov 10, 1734.
2. Elizabeth Bigelow b. May 17, 1736; m. June 1, 1758, Josiah Parkhurst, Jr.
3. Miriam Bigelow b. Mar 21, 1738; m. Feb 10, 1757, Nathan Woolson.
4. Lois Bigelow b. Oct 3, 1741.
5. Lois Bigelow 2d b. June 26, 1746; m. in Framingham, Levi Metcalf and died 1836.
6. Nathaniel Bigelow b. Nov 15, 1750.
John Bigelow of Weston, m. Nov. 17, 1739, Grace Allen of Sudbury.
Children:
1. Lucy Bigelow b. May 29, 1740.
2. Beulah Bigelow b. Sept 20, 1741.
3. John Bigelow b. Nov 8, 1743.
4. Martha Bigelow, (twin) b. Nov. 8, 1743.
5. Sarah Bigelow b. Feb. 12, 1745.
Moses Bigelow of Weston, m. June 15, 1756, Mary Hammond, b. April 1, 1739, dau of Ebenezer
and Mary (Gorfield) Hammond, who moved from Westboro to Weston.
Children:
1. Mary Bigelow b. May 14, 1758; m. April 29, 1779, Jonathan Stearns of Waltham.
2. Samuel Bigelow bap. Aug 30, 1761.
3. Moses Bigelow bap. Aug 5, 1764.
4. Eunice Bigelow bap. May 22, 1768; m. April 24, 1788, Joseph Moss of Natick.
Colonel Timothy Bigelow of Worcester, m. July 2, 1762, Anna Andrews, b. April 11, 1747, an
orphan and heiress, dau of Samuel and Anna (Rankin) Andrews. She died in Groton July 1809.
For a very interesting account of this distinguished patriot, and of the parentage of his
wife, see Lincoln's History of Worcester, pp 277-81. He died March 31, 1790.
Children:
1. Nancy Bigelow b. Jan 2, 1765 m. Hon. Abraham Lincoln of Worcester.
2. Timothy Bigelow b. April 30, 1767; grad. Harvard College 1786; d. May 1821. For an
account of his eminent talents and public services, see Lincoln's History of Worcester,
pp 266-8. He married 1791 Lucy Prescott dau of the Hon. Oliver Prescott, M.D., of
Groton. Children:
1. Katherine Bigelow m. Hon. Abbott Lawrence of Boston.
2. Andrew Bigelow grad. Harvard 1814; D.D. 1844; 1st settled Medford,
afterwards Taunton, now of Boston.
3. John Prescott Bigelow grad Harvard 1815, Secretary of State of Mass. &
Mayor of Boston.
4. Edward Bigelow of Medford.
5. Helen Bigelow.
6. Francis Bigelow, a merchant of Boston.
7. Elizabeth Bigelow.
Note: complete report from the Prescott Memorial, end of this file.
3. Andrew Bigelow b. Mar 30, 1769; died Nov 1787.
4. Lucy Bigelow b. May 12, 1774; m. Hon. Luther Lawrence, formerly of Groton; afterwards
of Lowell.
5. Rufus Bigelow b. July 7, 1772; a merchant of Baltimore, where he died Dec 21, 1813, unm.
6. Clara Bigelow b. Dec 29, 1781; m. her cousin, Tyler Bigelow Esq., of Watertown.
Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth
To be continued - Part 6 - p.38 - Capt. Joseph Bigelow & wife, Olive.
Subject: John Bigelow Part 6
Source: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown,
Massachusetts, Includes Waltham and Weston - by Henry Bond, M.D. Boston, 1860.
p.38
Capt. Joseph Bigelow Jr. of Shrewsbury m. Olive ____.
Children:
1. Relief Bigelow b. June 10, 1751; m. 1775, Thomas Richardson.
2. Martha Bigelow b. May 14, 1753; (?) m., 1778 Abel Bigelow.
3. Dinah Bigelow b. July 28, 1755; m. 1781, Daniel Andrews.
4. Olive Bigelow b. Oct 30, 1757.
5. Stepehn Bigelow b. Jun 1, 1760.
6. Ascah Bigelow b. Sept 8, 1762.
7. Abigail Bigelow b. Nov 21, 1764.
8. Eunice Bigelow b. Feb 14, 1772.
9. Miriam Bigelow b. Aug 12, 1774.
p.39
Charles Bigelow, of Shrewsbury m. Dec. 1760, Lucy, dau of Jonathan Bennet.
Children:
1. Lucretia Bigelow b. April 3, 1762; m. 1780, Josiah Peirce.
2. Andrew Bigelow b. April 24, 1764; m. 1785, Sarah, dau of Jonathan Fasset. (Fawcet).
3. Joseph Bigelow b. April 15, 1766.
4. Charles Bigelow b. Jan 1, 1768.
5. Asahel Bigelow b. Nov 27, 1769.
6. Lucy Bigelow b. Jan 13, 1772.
7. Solomon Bigelow b. Sept 16, 1774.
8. Mary Bigelow b. July 15, 1779.
9. John Bigelow b. Aug 24, 1781.
Deacon Amariah Bigelow, m. Lydia, dau of Thomas Brigham of Marlboro and settled in the
North Parish of Shrewsbury (Boylston). She died in childbed, March 17, 1748 and he m. (2)
1752, Sarah Eveleth of Stow. He died March 8, 1780.
Children:
1. Lydia Bigelow b. Mar 1, 1748.
2. Francis Bigelow b.Aug 20, 1753; m. Oct 29, 1778, Levinah, dau of Ezra Beaman, Esq.
3. Abel Bigelow b. Jan 27, 1755; m. 1778 Martha Bigelow and had:
1. Dennis Bigelow b. July 15, 1779.
2. Artemas Bigelow b. Jan 28; d. Nov 1781.
3. Martha Bigelow b. May 27, 1784.
4. Abel Bigelow b. July 19, 1785.
4. Amariah Bigelow b. Mar 23, 1757; a physician at Shrewsbury; m. 1781 Persis, dau of
Ezra Beaman, Esq. and had:
1. Elizabeth Bigelow b. Sept 22, 1781; died young.
2. Ezra `Bigelow b. Nov. 27, 1782.
3. Persis Bigelow b. July 18, 1785.
5. Sarah Bigelow b. Aug 13, 1759; m. (?), Oct 3, 1781 Rev. Eleazer Fairbank of North
Parish.
6. Levi Bigelow b. Mar 31, 1762; d. 1764.
7. Levi Bigelow 2d b. Aug 27, 1765.
8. Elnathan Bigelow b. Sept 9, 1767.
Alpheus Bigelow of Weston, m. May 22, 1783, Eunice Mixer of Waltham.
Children:
1. Alpheus Bigelow b. Sept. 28, 1784; grad. Harvard College, 1810; m. Sept 14, 1811, Mary
Ann Hubbard Townsend of Weston.
Children:
1. Mary Ann Townsend Bigelow b. Jan 1, 1815; d. June 25, 1840.
2. Elizabeth Hubbard Bigelow b. Mar 4, 1816.
3. Charlotte Bigelow b. Dec 16, 1817.
4. Alpheuse Hubbard Bigelow b. Mar 20, 1819.
5. Margaret Newell Bigelow b. Sept 29, 1823.
6. Edward Newell Bigelow b. Sept 7, 1828, d. Sept 27, 1829.
7. Frank Winthrop Bigelow b. July 18, 1833.
2. William Harrington Bigelow b. Nov 4, 1786.
3. Eunice Bigelow b. July 31, 1789.
4. Lois Bigelow b. Oct 24, 1791; m. Nov 5, 1809 Oren Adams of Boston.
5. Sally Bigelow b. May 1, 1794.
6. Maria Bigelow b. May 16, 1796.
7. Elijah Bigelow b. Nov 3, 1799.
8. George Bigelow b. Oct 14, 1803.
Nathaniel Bigelow of Framingham, m. Susannah Jennings b. April 22, 1755, dau of Joseph
and Rachel (Drury) Jennings. She died Feb 23, 1773 and he m. (2) Oct 1782, Anne Rider,
who died Dec 1845. He died 1832.
Children all born in Framingham except Josiah Bigelow, who was born after the family
removed to Leominster.
1. Anne Bigelow m. John Rice of Leominster.
2. Hannah Bigelow m. Ephraim Colburn and moved to New York State.
3. Lydia Bigelow m. ____ Tucker of Shrewsbury.
4. Nathan Bigelow died unm. in Whitestown, New York.
5. John Bigelow of Leominster - as 2d wife m. Betsey Follansbee.
6. Isaac Bigelow m. (1) Nancy Josselyn and he m. (2) the widow Champney of Ipswich, N.H.
7. David Bigelow m. Candace Hale of Leominster and lived in Framingham.
8. Nathaniel Bigelow m. Catherine Tyler of Leominster.
9. Perkins Bigelow m. Relief Patrick of Jaffrey, N.H.
10. Dexter Bigelow m. Lydia Brigham of Marlboro and lived in Framingham.
11. Susannah Bigelow m. (1) ____Baker. She m. (2) ____Keyes.
12. Josiah Bigelow m. Exion Patterson of Harvard.
p.39/40
Samuel Bigelow of Shrewsbury m. Nov 28, 1729, Jedidah Hathorn of Marlboro. He m. (2)
May 7, 1770, Abigail, the widow of Moses Hastings and the dau of William Taylor.
Children:
1. Samuel Bigelow b. June 24, 1731.
2. Jedidah Bigelow b. Mar 21, 1733; m. 1760, John Wheeler, Jr.
3. Dorcas Bigelow b. July 6, 1735; m. 1768, Seth Swan of Paxton.
4. Solomon Bigelow b. July 25, 1737; d. Oct 1742.
5. Silas Bigelow b. Oct 10, 1739; grad. Harvard College, 1765; ordained in Paxton,
Oct 21, 1767 and died Nov 16, 1769 leaving a family.
6. Solomon Bigelow b. Nov 3, 1742; m. Mar 4, 1761, Sarah, dau of Elisha Newton.
Children:
1. Barna Bigelow b. Sept 11, 1762; said to have died in Brookfield, VT aged 78;
had a dau who m. 1805 Noyes Tucker.
2. Silas Bigelow b. Dec 1, 1764.
3. Silas Bigelow 2nd b. Dec. 24, 1765.
7. Isthamar Bigelow b. July 30, 1745.
8. Sarah Bigelow b. Sept 10, 1747; m. June 8, 1767, Ephraim Smith of Grafton.
Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth
To be continued part 7 - p. 40 - Samuel Bigelow, Jr. of Shrewsbury & Phebe Rand & (2)
Anna Winchester.
Subject: John Bigelow Part 7 OF 7
Source: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown,
Massachusetts, Includes Waltham and Weston - by Henry Bond, M.D. Boston, 1860.
P.40
Samuel Bigelow Jr. of Shrewsbury m. July 1, 1755, Phebe, dau of Daniel Rand. She died
June 10, 1770 aged 37 and he m. (2) 1770 Anna Winchester of Grafton.
Children:
1. Levinah Bigelow b. Feb 1, 1756; m. James Wheeler of Grafton.
2. Mary Bigelow b. April 13, 1757.
3. Vashti Bigelow b. May 19, 1758.
4. Lucretia Bigelow b. June 1, 1760; m. (1) Aug. 1781, Adam Harrington and m. (2)
1794 Capt. Martin Newton.
5. Humprhey Bigelow b. Sept 4, 1761.
6. Serena Bigelow b. Mar 14, 1765; m. 1786, Benjamin Jennings, Jr. of Brookfield.
7. John Bigelow b. Dec 11, 1771.
Humphrey Bigelow of Shrewsbury m. Dec 20, 1786, Mary, dau of Phinehas Underwood of Westford.
She died Oct 6, 1789 aged 22 and he m. (2) 1791, Hannah Whipple of Grafton. He moved with
his family to Sutton where he died 1842 aged 82.
Children:
1. John Bigelow b. Aug 12, 1787; d. in Sutton aged 23.
2. Samuel Bigelow b. July 2, 1793; m. a dau of Jonathan Furbush of Grafton and moved to
Ohio.
3. Catherine Bigelow b. Aug 12, 1795.
4. Hannah Bigelow b. Oct 2, 1797; m. (1) ____ Richardson of Sutton and m. (2) Pardon
Aldrich of Grafton.
5. Mary Bigelow b. Aug 4, 1799; died unm.
6. Silas Bigelow b. Aug 10, 1801.
7. Moses Bigelow b. July 23, 1823. (?)
8. Susan W. Bigelow m. Owen K. Allen.
9. John Bigelow m. Mary, dau of John Slocumb of Sutton.
"Mr." Joseph Bigelow and Mrs. Thankful Robinson, both of Weston married July 10, 1755.
Mrs. Thankful Bigelow of Weston m. June 5, 1766, Mr. Ezra Graves of Sudbury. It is
supposed that this Joseph Bigelow was the son of Joshua Bigelow, Sr. and that he settled
in some other town, where his children were born - that he afterwrds returned to Weston
with his children, where he m. his 2nd wife, Thankful and that the following were his
Children:
1. Jonathan Bigelow of Weston m. Jan 19, 1741/2 Mary Rice of Sudbury.
2. Elizabeth Bigelow and Daniel Smith, both of Weston, married April 2, 1741.
3. "Joseph Bigelow, Jr., " and Lydia Warren both of Weston married May 6, 1647. She
died April 5, 1751 and he m. (2) (published Oct 25), 1751, Mercy Pratt of Newton
who died in childbed, Feb 3, 1754 and he m. (pub. Mar 18), 1756, Olive Pratt of
Newton. Children:
1. Sarah Bigelow b. Oct 16, 1747.
2. Sarah Bigelow 2d b. Oct. 10, 1748.
3. Roger Bigelow b. Oct 1, 1749; d. April 1751.
4. Lydia Bigelow b. Feb 11, 1751.
5. Roger Bigelow b. Nov 17, 1752; m. April 21, 1774, Mary Child and had:
1. Marshall Bigelow b. Aug 27, 1774.
2. Nabby Bigelow b. July 8, 1776.
3. Isaac Bigelow b. Aug 1, 1778.
4. Polly Bigelow b. Feb 1, 1781.
6. Elias Bigelow b. Jan 24, 1754 m. Mar 5, 1778 Abigail Myrick and had:
1. Sarah Bigelow b. Dec 29, 1778.
4. Hannah Bigelow of Weston m. May 25, 1747, Benjamin Parmenter of Newport.
p.41
Thaddeus Bigelow of Worcester m. March 28, 1754 Rebecca Warren.
Children:
1. Joseph Bigelow.
2. John Bigelow b. Sept 27, 1775.(?)
John Bigelow m. Sept 25, 1795 Mary Howard of Sutton, b. Mar 10, 1774. He moved to
Livermore, Maine about 1801 or 1802 where he died Oct 10, 1847.
Children:
1. Polly Bigelow b. in Sutton Aug 16, 1796 m. Jan 1, 1818 Aaron Coolidge.
2. Joel Howard Bigelow b. in Rutland Sept 30, 1798; d. Sept 10, 1801.
3. Eliza Bigelow b. in Sutton Dec 12, 1800; m. Nov 9, 1829, John Coolidge.
4. Caroline Bigelow b. in Livermore, ME Mar 9, 1803; m. Dec 27, 1832, Charles
Hartwell Baker b. in Livermore, Oct 19, 1806. Children:
1. Ora Ann Baker b. Oct 18, 1835.
2. Mary Eliza Baker b. Sept 29, 1841.
5. Andrew Park Bigelow b. in Livermore, ME Nov 17, 1804, of Livermore; m. Feb 20, 1832,
Mary Evans Gibbs, b. in Jay on Dec 9, 1811. Children:
1. Charles Edwin Bigelow b. in Livermore March 26, 1835.
2. Martha Brooks Bigelow b. July 25, 1841.
6. John Warren Bigelow b. July 13, 1807 of Livermore; m. Nov 2, 1831, Osca Bradford b.
April 4, 1811 dau of Dr. Benjamin Bradford of Livermore. Children:
1. Benjamin Rush Bigelow b. June 19, 1833.
2. Hayden Bigelow b. July 10, 1836.
3. Seth Bradford Bigelow b. Sept 7, 1838.
4. Caroline Shaw Bigelow b. Nov 15, 1840.
5. John Warren Bigelow Jr., b. Jan 18, 1843.
6. Franklin Bradford Bigelow b. May 29, 1845.
7. Osca Bradford b. Jan 21, 1848.
7. Joel Howard Bigelow b. Jan 22, 1810 of livermore; m. (1) Nov 2, 1835 Caroline Shaw
Bradford b. May 4, 1815 dau of Dr. Benjamin Bardford of Livermore. She died Nov 14,
1837, s.p., and he m. (2) Mar. 16, 1843, Hannah, dau of James Lunt of Peru. Children:
1. Caroline Bigelow b. Feb 10, 1843.
2. Mary Ella Bigelow b. Feb 23, 1847.
8. Leander Franklin Bigelow b. Jan 5, 1812 of Winthrop, ME m. Jan 22, 1840, Abigail
Potter Whitney, b. July 7, 1821, dau of James Whitney of Canton, ME. Children:
1. Betsey Gibbs Bigelow b. June 11, 1842.
2. Abbey Ann Bigelow b. Oct 9, 1844.
9. Martha Brooks Bigelow b. Sept 5, 1814; d. Nov 8. 1824.
End - Bigelow Parts 1 to 7 of 7.
Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth
rodbigelow@netzero.net 
